neck

About 31.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

   Giraffes have long necks.

2. noun The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
3. noun The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
4. noun The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
5. noun The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
6. noun The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
7. noun A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
8. noun A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.

   a neck forming the journal of a shaft

Similar words

cervix make out elbow cervical mouth nose throat skin gorge hen

Often followed by

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Word family

necked necking necks